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PUNTAIN PEN. No. 349,721. Patented Sept. 28, 1.886.

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MARION H. KEENEE, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,721, dated September 28, 1886. Application filed May B, 1886. Serial No. 201,530. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION H. KERNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of vNew York, have invented certain new and useful tion and certain in its action, and .which will feed7 or supply the ink to the pen in a regular manner, and prevent the overowing of the ink from the pen or undue retention of it in the reservoir.

The invention principally consists in the combination, with a fountain holder, (or ink-reservoir constituting the holder of the pen,) of a pen formed with a'longitudinal groove or channel in its top or back, extending from the heel of the pen to or below the upper or rear end of the slit in the nib of the pen, the pen being secured at its heel in the end of the fountain holder, with the end of said groove in connection with the ink-reservoir, or an outlet from it, whereby the ink may be fed' directly from the reservoir to the pen through the groove in its top. This groove is formed of the proper width and depth to enable a suffi cient quantity of ink to be fed to the point to supply the pen for writing. lIhe pen may preferably be provided with a cover for the groove, of hard' rubber, metal, or other material, extending over part or all of the groove in the pen, toprevent any possible overtiow of the ink therefrom.

The invention also embraces other features and details of construction, as described and claimed hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a fountain penholder with my invention applied, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the holder on the line :t m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of the top or -back of the pen, the latter being detached from the holder, and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view ofthe pen on the line :vw of Fig. 3. Fig.

5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a holder in which a cut-off for the ink from the ink-reservoir to the pen is provided, and Fig. 6 is a view of the end of the fountain-holder containing the pen, showing the cover inclosing the pen, this iigure illustrating means whereby the cut-off shown in Fig. may be actuated by turning the pen-cover and pen-holding section. Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view on line ab w of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 illustrates the pen as applied to an ordinary holder and when intended to be dipped in the ink, this view showing the top ofthe pen.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, A repre, sents the pen, which may be formed of gold or other metal, and be Inade withl its point of any desired stiffness, and its general outline of the desired or usualv form. A groove, a, (best understood from Figs. 1 and 4,) is formed in the back or' top of the pen by pressing the metalconstituting the back downward or in other suitable manner. The groove a extends in length from the heel down to or beyond the upper or rear end of the slit in the point of the pen.V It is obvious that the groove ainay extend nearer to or end farther from the point of the pen than is shown in the draw-v ings, and it may, if desired, be carried entirely to the point of the pen. l have found that by making the groove extend very nearly to the extreme point, the slit in the nib extending up through its center, a very good action of the pen may be obtained. The groove a may preferably be provided with a cover, c, of hard rubber, metal, or other suit-able substance, extending over the groove 'part or all of the length of the same, and lapping at its edges on the back of the pen adjacent to the groove. This cover may be secured in place by being fastened to the end of the holder where the heel of the pen is secured, or in any other suitable manner. The barrel or reservoir B is provided with a pen-holding section, b, which may be screwed into.the end of the barrel, as shown. Aplug, D, having agroove, d, extending longitudinally along Vits top or upper side, is fitted tightly in the section b, sufficient space being left between the plug and section b to admit the heel and 'part of the body of the pen, as will be understood from Fig. 1. The groove d in the plugy D Ioo may be formed to correspond with the shape of the groove a in the pen, so that the latter, when inserted in the pen-holding section, may fit tightly Within `the groove ZZ. The end c of the plug-D may be formed slanting from the upper to the lower side of the plug, alongl which slanting portion the groove cZ continues. By this slant the ink may be readily guided to the channel a in the pen, and when the ink is nearly exhausted from the reservoir the small quantity remaining in the lower end of the barrel Will, by the pen and holder being held in the proper position for writing, be conveyed down the groove in the slanting portion of the plug to the channel in the top of the plug'and to the pen, instead of Lremaining between the barrel and the end of the plug, as would be the case if the plug were formed at right angles to its length at its inner end. The upper end of the barrel B may be conveniently closed by a plug, F, over the outer end of which the pen-cover G may be placed When the pen is in use.

A rod, I, of metal, hard rubber, or other suitable material, may be provided in the in-.'

terior of the reservoir B, extending from the plug F (to which it may be fastened)A to or Within the groove in the pen, as shown, to facilitate'or direct the flow of ink to the pen by capillary attraction or tendency of the ink to follow a solid substance.

Referring to Figs. 5, 6, and A7, 7c represents a ring'or plug with a section cut out to form the opening or channel Z, Fig. 7. This ring or plug k is tightly inserted Within the barrel. The pen-holding section b fits tightly, but so as to be turned, Within the end of the barrel, and is held in place by friction with the barrel, instead of being screwed to it, as in Fig. l. The inner end of the pen-holding section b and plug D are formed at right angles to their lengths. The inner end of the section b and plug D abut against the plug lc, and by turning the pen-section b in the holder so that its groove d is in line with the channel Z in the plugk a continuous channel for the inkis provided from the reservoir to the pen through opening Z and grooves d and a, whereas by turning the pen-section b around in the holder so that the groove d is out of line with the opening Z in the plug 7c the ink is stopped from the channel d, and is thus cut oft` from` the pen, which stoppage of the ink may be desirable When the pen is not in use'. A pin or projection, p, may preferably be attached to or formed upon the pen-section b directly over the channel d, and by cutting out a notch in the end of the pen-cover G, corresponding to the pin orprojection 19, the pencover, When in position upon the pen-section, may be keyed to the latter by the pin, as shown in Fig. 6. When therefore, it is desired to open or close the ink-channel, it may be accomplished by turning the pen-cover (and consequently the pen-holding section) the required distance to open or close the channel. A guiding-mark,

ufm, may Apreferably be formed upon'the barrel B to indicate the position of the opening Z in the plug k,- or stops may be provided to limit t-he movements of the pen-section to open and close the ink-chan nel, the stops being arranged in any Well-known manner.

In Fig. 8 the pen is shown as applied to an ordinary holder, H, in Which case the pen is supplied With ink by dipping it in the ink. In this arrangement the pen is constructed precisely as described in connection with Figs.

l, 3, and 4, with the exception of a hole, t', for admitting ink and air to the covered channel a being provided.

When the pen is supplied with ink by dipping, my construction admits of a considerable quantity of inl; being held in the pen at one time, and the necessary frequency of dipping is therefore lessened, a considerable space for the ink being provided by the covered channel a, to which it maybe admitted through the opening 'Z'. The opening i may in some cases be desirable in lthe pen When used with a fountain-holder to admit air to the ink and facilitate its flow, and, if desired, several openings may .be formed to admit air or ink, instead of the one shown.

lVhat I claim herein as my invention `is- 1. A fountain-pen consisting of a holder, constituting the ink reservoir, and a pen formed with a longitudinal groove or channel in its top or back, extending from the heel of the pen to or beyond the rear or upper end lof the slit in the point, said pen being secured in the end of the holder, with its' groove counected With the ink-reservoir, or with an outlet therefrom, whereby the ink may be conveyed from the reservoir to the point of the pen through said groove in the pen, substan.

tially as set forth.

i 2. In a fountain-pen, the combination of a holder, constituting the ink-reservoir, and a pen formed with a longitudinal groove or channel in its top or back, extending from the heel ofthe pen to or beyond the rear or upper end of the slit in the point, and provided with a cover inclosing the Whole or part of said groove, said pen being securedin the end of the holder, with its groove connected with the ink-reservoir, or With an outlet therefrom, substantially as set forth.

3. A fountain pen holder or barrel adapted to act as a reservoir for ink, and a pen-hold: ing section connected therewith, in combination with a plug formed With alongitudinal groove in its upper side, and fitted Within said pen-holding section, and adapted to hold the pen betweenit and the penholding section, and a pen formed with a -longitudinal channel, extending from its heel to or beyond the rear or upper end of the slit in the point,

the pen being fitted Within said pen-holding section, with its groovewithin the groove in said plug, substantially as shown and described.

et. The combination of the fountain pen ICO IIO

ing groove d, (the inner ends of said pen-holding section and plug D abutting against the plug k,) the pin or projection p, and the pencover G, having a notch to iit over the pin or projection p, all being arranged substantially I5 as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of twov Witnesses, this 5th day of May,

MARION H. KERNER. Witnesses: n

LURANCE W. SHELDON, MILLER G. EARL. 

